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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grapeshot \Grape"shot`\, n. (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grapeshot n : a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
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